A multi-actor multi-criteria analysis of the performance of global cities

Applied Geography

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-36

  Kourtit, Karima ^a   Macharis, Cathy ^b   Nijkamp, Peter ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

GAIA; Global cities; MAMCA; Multi criteria analysis; Performance; PROMETHEE; Stakeholders; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; URBANIZATION; WORLD CITY;

EID: 84896055999     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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